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    35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm. Out of hours work may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns and are piloting a hybrid working approach, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

    Firm Description

    Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.

    In the UK Hogan Lovells has offices in Birmingham and London. The Birmingham office opened in 2015 and has a number of practice areas including Corporate/Commercial, Disputes, Finance and Real Estate, as well as our Legal Delivery Centre and business services departments. The office has recently trebled in size and moved into a new fitted out space in the Colmore Building.

    Department Description

    Hogan Lovells New Business Conflicts Department is charged with investigating legal conflicts of interest and firm business issues. If conflicts of interest or business issues are identified, the department is charged with rectifying those issues prior to the matter being approved by a partner on the Ethics Committee and a firm matter number being opened.

    Role Overview

    This position is responsible for assisting the Conflicts Analysts, Conflicts Supervisor, and other members of the New Business Conflicts & Compliance Department (US and ILLP) as well as Firm Administration with research, identification and resolution of conflicts of interest issues related to firm new business, incoming attorneys, and various special interest initiatives.

    Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

    • Assist in the identification of potential conflicts of interest through corporate and conflicts database research of client and matter information provided by our firm partners as well as incoming candidates; minimal conflicts analysis for low risk clearance review
    • Become proficient in understanding and utilization of conflicts of interest database, including the maintenance and update of the conflicts database
    • Research corporate history of clients and parties related to the former and new client work
    • Respond to lawyers’ and business services employees’ requests and perform conflicts of interest searches
    • Assist the Conflicts Manager, Supervisor, and Analysts in the resolution and clearance of complex conflict of interest issues
    • Assist the Head of Compliance and Conflicts, Director of Conflicts, Head of CDD Compliance, Conflicts Managers, Supervisors and Analysts with a wide range of research requests and other projects
    • Become a key contributor to ongoing process improvement
    • Sanctions inquiries; analyzing sanctions hits on potential clients and related parties and outlining critical issues for Conflicts Analyst review
    • Conflicts Database integrity
    • Extremely accurate corporate research
    • Contribute suggestions for Research procedures
    • Assist with other duties related to the resolving and clearing conflicts of interest issues as assigned
    • All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program

    Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services

    Person Specification

    • Proven ability to maintain the utmost confidentiality in highly sensitive matters
    • Must possess strong analytical skills and know when to dive deep
    • Naturally curious with a desire to understand the “why”
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Strict attention to detail
    • Have a highly self-driven sense of motivation
    • Ability and willingness to work in a fast-paced challenging environment.
    • Must have data entry skills and strong knowledge of Microsoft Office suite

    Qualifications, Experience and Training

    • Previous experience in a customer service related position or internship is preferred
    • Proven experience performing database or academic research
    • Experience handling multiple projects at once while adhering to deadlines

    Agile Working Statement

    Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

    Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

    It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender identity, religion, sex or sexual orientation.